Habeas corpus – Speedy Trial Act

Where (1) a defendant was detained in federal court in New York on criminal charges, (2) in Maine, the United States moved for a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum, requesting the defendant’s presence to respond to an unrelated Maine federal criminal complaint, (3) 10 months after this initial appearance in Maine, the defendant was indicted there and (4) the defendant then filed a motion to dismiss under the Speedy Trial Act, the motion was properly denied because the defendant’s arrest on the New York charge was not “in connection with” the Maine charges and consequently the Speedy Trial Act’s 30-day arrest-to-indictment provision was not triggered.